⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their fifteen- Made six threes to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- Winner
Aaron Brooks hit a driving layup
Q4 0:07 · HOU 114-112 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carl Landry misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 4:01 · HOU 46-36 PHX
- Turnover
Carl Landry bad pass
Q4 4:56 · HOU 97-91 PHX
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:46 · HOU 107-106 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:31 · HOU 23-20 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:01 · HOU 56-52 PHX
- Ties it
Steve Nash hit a 25-foot threeer
Q4 0:30 · HOU 112-112 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Stromile Swift flagrant foul type 1 (Carl Landry draws the foul)
Q2 4:01 · HOU 46-36 PHX
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
